Five @ Hallwalls

“… Boyle and Franchino’s installation is so intently and specifically considered, it acutely underscores the conscious intent of the artists while blurring lines between, design, function, and utility. While doing so, it also achieves a quixotic mystery in the environment it concocts—one constructed from a reiteration of the ordinary in a peculiar and unexpected fashion. From ordinary imagery and direct gestures of material and form, an enigmatic atmosphere is borne. As such, the entirety of the installation serves as metaphor for the strange and elusive machinations of art and its making…”